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Two Friends, One Pair of Eyes

Lina and Mengchun are roommates and inseparable friends who share a tiny apartment in Beijing. They work at an N.G.O. that provides services to the blind, and both have severe vision impairment themselves: Lina lost her sight completely at the age of ten, and Mengchun has vision defects stemming from albinism. 

The Spanish photographer Albert Bonsfills began documenting their lives, studying a close friendship based on mutual guidance, care, and shared reliance on a single set of eyes. Despite their handicaps, Albert Bonsfills said, the women “find themselves in perfect harmony facing everyday life in Beijing.”

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